✎ Travel Agent: This day we’ll go from Motril to Malaga's airport, in our parents’ car at 7:00 am, we’ll arrive at the airport more or less at 8:00 am. When we’ll arrive, we check in our suitcases, and we’ll wait for getting on the plane. We’ll arrive at Glasgow's airport more or less at 1:55pm.
✎ Guide: When we’ll arrive in Glasgow we’ll visit the Glasgow Cathedral, but we cannot go inside because it’s closed, so we see the architecture of the cathedral that is incredible.. Then we see thing of Glasgow: George Square, Byres Road and the Lighthouse. And it's free! :D
✎ Catering: We have breakfast early in the morning, before leaving (between 6:00 and 6:30 AM). We bring some food in our backpacks that we brought in our suitcases from Spain (so, no cost) and we eat it in any of the benches of George Square (at around 15:00, although normal lunch time has already quite passed, but we don't really care because we don't have to buy the food), there. Later, at around 7:00 PM, we eat black sheep in an Scottish style for dinner, at Black Sheep Bistro and sleep at the Glasgow Accommodation. We'll stay just one night in this B&B. Note: Just a curiosity: dinner is also sometimes called Supper, because it's considered the main meal.
✎Teacher: I’m going to tell to the rest of the group the history of each place that we’re gonna see the first day. We will visit the Glasgow Cathedral: ’s a Medieval Cathedral and a Gothic architecture of the XII century. Glasgow Cathedral received its name before the Scottish Reformation. The patron of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, has its tomb in the lower crypt of this Cathedral. The Cathedral was built in the XII century with a Gothic architecture and it’s one of the few Scottish medieval churches. We will also visit George Square, where is the Glasgow City Chambers. It's the principal town square and it was laid out in 1781. Then, Byres Road, the shopping street of Glasgow and The
Lighthouse, it's an old building and is the Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture.
✎ Travel Agent: This day we’ll take a bus from Glasgow to Edinburgh., and a bus from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
✎ Guide: When we arrive to Edinburgh, we will go to Aberdeen to see the Dunnotar Castle (famous because of the film Brave) and then we will go to the Glendronach distillery
✎ Catering: We’ll have breakfast at the B&B (Glasgow Accommodation) at 7:00AM. Contrary to popular belief the now-a-days typical English breakfast is more likely to be a bowl of cereals, a slice of toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee. Rather than the typical, we’ll go for the traditional, which consists of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, baked beans and mushrooms. Even though not many people will eat this for breakfast today, it is always served in hotels and guest houses around Britain. Note: this breakfast is called the 'Full English' and sometimes referred to as 'The Full English Fry-up'. We’ll have lunch at Port of Siam (in Edinburgh) at 1:00PM for seafood and thai (it seems the food is pretty nice), after returning from the distillery. We’re going to have dinner at Aberdeen because we come back to Edinburgh quite late, we’ll go to Granite Park at around 6:30 PM. We’ll spend the night at another B&B, Drumorne Guest House, where we’ll also sleep the following three nights (regardless of this one).
✎ Teacher: In this day, like the first day, I’m going to tell them some things about each place that we will visit and some typical scottish words that are important to know or not... · Dunnottar Castle: It’s a Medieval Castle of the XIV century that is in the South of
Abedeen in a town called Stonehaven. It was very important during the Medieval Age and the Enlightenment because it’s controlled the North shipping routes and the ground movements of North Scotland because of its strategic position. Now it’s in ruins.
· Glendronach Distillery: It’s a Scottish Whisky distillery located near Frogue. It was founded in 1826 by James Allardes. The owner of this distillery is BenRiach Distillery Company Ltd.
✎ Travel Agent: The transport is included in the tour. The bus departs from Edinburgh, we’ll arrive in Edinburgh and we’ll go to the hotel.
✎ Guide: We will do a Tour around Loch Ness. We will visit Linlithgow Palace, Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument and also Glencoe Valley. Of course we will visit The Loch Ness and we will return to Edinburgh, but we will visit little village of the High Lands.
✎ Catering: Like yesterday, we’ll have breakfast in the B&B, but this time it’s Drumorne Guest House. At the same time, around 7:00AM. We’ll have lunch at Fort Augustus, a region where we’ll eat at the Boathouse, on the shores of Loch Ness. We’ll try American for dinner in the Highlands, in a cozy restaurant called Ruka’s Table. It has an great atmosphere, an excellent service and very good and well presented food. Lastly, we return to the B&B in which we’ll stay 3 more nights, Drumorne Guest House.
✎ Teacher: I will tell them the history and description of Linlithgow Palace, Stirling Castle, Wallace
Monument, Glencoe Valley and the Loch Ness
·Linlithgow Palace The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries. Although maintained after Scotland's monarchs left for England in 1603, the palace was little used, and was burned out in 1746.
·Stirling Castle Is one of the most important castles in Scotland, and was very important because of his strategic position and also it’s one of the most largest castle of Scotland.
·Wallace Monument Sir William Wallace was a Scottish landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He became in one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. This monument is on the top of Abbey Craig.
·Glencoe Valley It’s a Glen ( Gleann in Scottish Gaelic and valley in English) of the Highlands of Scotland. It receives its name of the River Coe that pass through this glen although it’s said that it receives it name of the Massacre of Glencoe. Glencoe Valley is one of the most beautiful places in Scotland. It’s a part of the National Scenic Area of Ben Nevis and Glen Coe.
·Loch Ness It’s a Loch of the Highlands of Scotland, its surface is 56.4 km2 and it’s the second largest loch in Scotland. It’s also famous for the supposed sighted Loch Ness monster or also called Nessie that lives there.
·Pitlochry It is largely a Victorian town, whose success as a tourist resort was due to Queen Victoria visiting the area in 1842, and the arrival of the railway in 1863. It remains a popular tourist resort today and is particularly known
as a centre for hillwalking, surrounded by mountains.
✎ Travel Agent: We’ll take public transport, to move around Edinburgh.
✎ Guide: We will visit Edinburgh, ( you can see better in the map) but Royal Milewill be for the next day.
✎ Catering: Breakfast at the B&B, to have energy throughout the day, but today we’ll go for typical, in order to have a soft touch of home. For lunch we’ll try haggis, in a place people recall they make the best haggis, MacSweens! Although it’s very good, it’s not as good as it used to be, because it’s now produced under factory conditions in Bilston Glen. When they had a little shop in Bruntsfield it seems it was much better. But it has no waste, it’s still very good! They MacSween family has been making authentic, award-winning haggis in Edinburgh for over 50 years! They even have vegetarian. We’ll eat haggis the popular way, served with neeps and tatties. For dinner, we’ll go for the delightful food of Dubh Prais, a Scottish style restaurant. It’s a tiny place, but it’s very cozy.
✎ Teacher: I will tell them some things about the history of the city:
·Edinburgh It’s the capital of Scotland and the second largest city in Scotland, before Glasgow. It’s in the South East of Scotland. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland since 1437. Near the city it’s the Forth River Fjord. The city has a total of 477,660 inhabitants and it’s
the second most visited city of the United Kingdom. Edinburgh was one of the most important places on Education and Culture during the Enlightenment due to the University of Edinburgh. The Unesco gave the districts The Old Town and The New Town of Edinburgh the World Heritage in 1995.
·Edinburgh Castle It’s an old fortress located on a volcanic rock in the centre of Edinburgh. It’s a prehistoric castle of the Bronze Age, then it was only a castle rock created by volcanic activity. The castle was already built in VI century AD. The Castle has been rebuilt and changed its use many times because of the conquest of Scotland by the English people, the wars of Scottish independence.... It’s the most visited monument in Scotland.
·Scott Monument It’s a victorian gothic monument built in honor to the Scottish romantic writer Walter Scott. The monument was designed by George Meikle Kemp who used the pseudonym “John Morvo”, and John Steel designed a monumental statue of Scott in the space between the tower's four columns. The monument was inaugurated the on the 15th of August 1846.
·Calton Hill It’s a hill where there are some monuments, such as the Dugald Stewart Monument that is a memorial to the Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart; The Nelson Monument that is a commemorative tower in honour of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson and the most spectacular monument which is the National Monument. The National Monument was built by William Playfair who was one of the most influential architects of the XVIII century, the monument is a commemoration to the fallen in the wars against Napoleon. The National Monument is an attempt to emulate the Parthenon in Athens. The Calton Hill is also the headquarters of the Scottish Government. It’s a world heritage.
·Arthur’s Seat It’s the main peak of a group of hills located in the center of Edinburgh, exactly it’s in the Holyrood Park. Saint Margaret’s Loch, Dunsapie Loch and Duddingston Loch surround it. It height is 251 m. It doesn’t recieve its name of King Arthur but there is a theory that says that the real name of the peak is Àrd-na-Said (Height of Arrow).
✎ Travel Agent: Return ticket is included in the Second day. We depar from Edinburgh to Glasgow at 6:45 am.
✎ Guide: We will stay another day in Edinburgh and this will be more relaxing, On our 5th day this day we will visit Royal Mile , to do some shopping, and there we will visit a Tartan Factory. we will also take a tour about Edinburgh’s misteries this tour includes a guide who will explain us all the things.
✎ Catering: As we wake up in the B&B, we have breakfast there. Today a bit later, at around 7:30 AM. As it is a more relaxed, and our last day in Scotland, we’ll improvise in the Royal Mile, there sure are a lot of food stalls there! Although we have already an eye on “Angels with Bagpipes”. Their motto is “as beautiful to eat as it is to look at” and by the pictures it seems it is true! For dinner we’ll go to another beautiful place, where they serve gorgeous food. By people’s reviews, the food tastes divine! Castle Terrace won it’s first Michelin Star last this year. They’re considered one of Edinburgh’s best restaurants. It surely has no loss.
The last day I will tell Royal Mile’s history, the history of the Tartan and that’s all because the Edinburgh Mysteries already has guide: ·Royal Mile It’s the avenue that communicates the Edinburgh Castle with the Holyroodhouse Palace and it’s in the Old Town in Edinburgh. The royal Mile in the Old Town is the Princes Street in the New Town. The main districts are Castlehill, Lawnmarket, High Street and
Canongate. In the route of the Royal Mile ( From the Edinburgh Castle to the Holyroodhouse Palace) there are some buildings very important, such as The Hub, it is a needle shaped tower; the Lawnmarket, it’s the line market; Gladstone’s Land which is a building of the XVII century, The Mound that is the artificial hill of Edinburgh; Bank of Scotland which has a baroque style; St Giles’ Cathedral built in the XII century and it’s the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh; Heart of Midlothian is a heart shaped mosaic situated in the West Door of St Giles which represents the old prison of Edinburgh of the XV century which was in that place before being demolished in 1817.
·Tartan Tartan is a woven material, made of wool having stripes of different colours and varying in breadth. It has a number of squares intersected by stripes which cross each other; this is called a 'sett’. His origin became of that they believed that the introduction of this form of weaving came to the West of Northern Britain with the Iron age Celtic Scoti(Scots) from Ireland in the 5 – 6th c. BC. The earlier example of tartan founded was a tartan of the 3rd century AD. It is a simple two coloured check or tartan which, was identified as the undyed brown and white of the native Soay Sheep. Colours were determined by local plants that could be used for dyes. The origin of the Tartan name became from the Irish word tarsna crosswise and/or the Scottish Gaelic tarsuinn – across. The Gaelic word for Tartan has always been breachdan.
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Loch: is the scottish word refer to lake (for example Loch Ness, Loch Lomond). - Wee: is refer to little, (little boy, wee boy) - Lass and lad: lass is girl and lad is boy. - Bonnie: the translation into English is nice - Ceilidh: is a scottish traditional dance, it’s dance in the night of Robert Burns and the 30th of November ( Saint Andrew, Scotland’s pattern, and national day). It’s also dance in some pub. - Kilt: It’s the traditional suit, it’s a tartan skirt.
- Sporran: it’s a traditional complement of the typical suit. It’s a purse. - Haggis: it’s a typical plate that is a pudding that contains sheep's pluck (heart, liver and lungs); onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, and it is served with "neeps and tatties" (Scots: turnip and potato). - Slàinte!: is equivalent to “cheers”
Price per person Day 1
-Transport: The flight costs 61,98€ per person without suitcases. 1 suitcase costs 30€ -Guide: Nothing, everything is free. -Catering: The price for each person is £16 and one of them costs £23 for the B&B, plus dinner (1025€ per person)
TOTAL Flight: Total price:247,92€ + 30€ for each suitcase
Rest of money 750€
£608.4
£608.4 x 4= Departure:: 15/03/2013 £2433.6 Málaga 11:25 (AGP)Glasgow 13:55 (PIK) £2433.6 - £351= Airline FR £2066.82 Arrival: 20/03/2013 Glasgow 9:30 am (PIK)- Málaga 13:40 (AGP) B&B: 16x3 = £48 48 + 23 = £71 Dinner: £8 x 4= £32
TOTAL: £351 Day 2
-Transport: GLASGOWEDINBURGH 7,1 pounds/ per person Departure: 16/03/2012 Glasgow 7:40amEdinburgh 9:03 am Arrival 20/03/2012
-Bus: GlasgowEdinburgh £32,40 Edinburgh Aberdeen £107,47 -Guide: Castle: £8 Glendronach distillery: £12 -Hotel: 4 nights: £72 -Lunch: £40
£2066.82£271.87 =£1790.95
Edinburgh 6:45 amGlasgow 7:45 am Edinburgh-Aberdeen 27 pounds/ per person Departure 16/03/2012 Edinburgh 9:30Aberdeen 12:45 Arrival 16/03/2012 Aberdeen 19:15Edinburgh 22:15 -Guide: Castle: Family (2Adults and 2 children) £12 Glendronach distillery: £5 per person ( it’s a tour) -Catering: £18 per person and night. We’re going to stay 4 nights there. Food: £10 per person
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
-Guide: 55.51€ per person with guide and the bus. -Food: Lunch: £9 pound per person. Dinner: £20 in total -Guide: Edinburgh Castle: Adult: £14.5 Children: £8.6 - Food: In total £70 -Transport: £20 for public transport
Tour: 211.92€ £170.81 Food: £56
£1790.95 £226.81=
Transport: £20 Places to visit: £40.3 Food: £70
£1564.15 £130.3 =
-Guide: Tour: £8.46 /per person -Catering: £120 in total
Tour: £33.84 Food: £120
£1433.85 – £153.84=
£1564.15
£1433.85
£1280.01 (for shopping and souvenirs)
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Guide: (Click in the picture to see the map)
-Glasgow Cathedral -The Lighthouse -Byres Road -George Square
Catering: Black Sheep Bistro - (Glasgow) (10 Clarendon street | St George's Cross, Glasgow, Escocia (West End)) [£8 - £20] Glasgow Accommodation- (Hawthorn , G22 6BX
Glasgow, United Kingdom) [First guest £23 per night; £16 per guest/night extra; breakfast included]
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Guide:
-Dunnotar Castle -Gledronach Distillery
Catering: Port of Siam
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Guide:
-Loch Ness Tour
Catering: The Boathouse Ruka’s Table
Travel Agent:
Guide: (Click in the picture to see the map)
Edinburgh Castle Scott Monument Calton Hill Arthur’s Seat
Catering: Dubh Prais McSween
Travel Agent:
Guide: Royal Mile Tartan Factory (Royal Mile)
ďƒ¨ Catering: Angels with Bagpipes Castle Terrace
Mike (Catering) Christian (Travel Agent) Andrea (Teacher) Andrea M. (Guide)